A fat man with a bloated body, a sinewy face, and a very fierce-looking puppet soldier came over. Behind him was a thin puppet soldier with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks.
Li Jin and the others also looked over. The two puppet soldiers seemed to have bad intentions at first glance, and they were obviously coming for the owner of the cold skin stall.
"Ruo, isn't this the second master? Do you want to have a bowl of Liangpi?" The boss of the Liangpi stall bowed his waist and came forward with a smile on his face to please him. The boss didn't even have time to pay for Li Jin and others. receive.
"Old Zhangtou, you damn fool who is smiling with me, it's time to pay taxes," the fat puppet soldier said with an impatient look.
"Pay, pay taxes. Didn't you just pay taxes some time ago? Why do you have to pay taxes again?" Lao Zhangtou was startled. He had already paid a lot of money more than ten days ago.
"This is what Taijun meant. Last time you paid the land tax, now you have to pay the garbage tax." The fat man said.
"But, Erye, I don't have any garbage here. It's very clean. If you don't believe it, look at it. There's no garbage in my stall. Otherwise, forget it." Lao Zhangtou said to the fat man when he looked at his stall. Clean, no garbage at all, that is, the table is a bit broken.
"Fuck, I'll do it if I ask you to do it. Believe it or not, I'll smash your stall and you won't be able to set up a stall in the future." The fat man glared and his expression became fierce.
Lao Zhangtou was shocked. If his stall was smashed, the whole family would be hungry, and the whole family would be waiting for the little money he earned to eat well.
"No, no, no, second master, I'll pay it. Don't destroy my stall. How much is the garbage tax?" Old Zhangtou could only compromise. He couldn't let his family go hungry.
"Fifty cents a month." The fat man said
"Five, fifty cents, second master, this is all the money I made for most of the month. Can it be less? I really don't have it." So much money." Lao Zhangtou begged.
Fifty cents is already a lot. After taking into account the costs, he can't make more than one yuan a month. He paid the land tax last time, and now he doesn't even make so much.
The fat man was about to speak when the thin puppet soldier at the side pulled him aside.
"Traitor, you deserve to die" Liu Changshun's voice was small and low, but full of anger. However, he could not go forward and kill the two puppet soldiers, otherwise, he would also harm the Liangpi stall owner. .
"Be patient, we will kill him tonight." Li Jin warned in a low voice, it was not easy to do anything on the street, and it was easy to harm the people.
"You're right, don't take action rashly." Du Chen also whispered, and he was also very angry when he saw the people being bullied.
At this time, the thin puppet soldier pulled the fat man back several meters.
"Er Gou, why are you pulling me?" The fat man looked dissatisfied. He had a lot of words to say, but was suddenly interrupted,
"Er Master, this It’s not easy for Lao Zhangtou. He can’t make much money in a month. The money we collect from it is already quite a lot.
If Lao Zhangtou is forced to leave, won’t we lose a lot of income?, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat. "Second Dog of the Puppet Army said.
This time the tax was collected by the Second Master in the name of the devils, in order to enrich his own pockets. Anyway, although these people will hate them by then, they will hate them even more. It's the Japs who have nothing to do with them.
Of course, part of the money collected must be handed over to their immediate boss, a Japs second lieutenant who is in charge of them. He can help with it. OK.
"It seems to make sense. "The fat man nodded. Although the money collected was a little less, the amount was large, and it added up to a large amount of money.
"Yes, Second Master, we have to give them a way to survive. Only in this way can we continue to do business in the county, and we can make a lot of money. No, we can only collect more money from Taijun. "Er Gou continued.
If the money is too much, those vendors who do small business will run away if their families can't even afford food. Anyone who dares to come to the county to do business will run away. , when there are less people, how will they collect money?
“I didn’t expect you to be quite smart. "The fat man smiled and looked at Ergou with his eyes full of praise.
"It's all because of Ergou's good teaching. " Ergou also laughed.
Then the two returned to the cold skin stall.
"Old Zhangtou, seeing that it's not easy for you, I'll charge you less. The money is only thirty cents. "The fat man said to Lao Zhangtou.
"Three hairs and three hairs are quite a lot. Why don't you, Mr. Er, save less?" Lao Zhangtou hesitated and said.
"He Damn it, I’m giving you face, right? Hurry up, it’s only Sanmao, if you can’t get the money out, I’ll smash your stall.” The fat man’s face was cold, and as he spoke, his hands had already grabbed the table beside him, and he seemed to be planning to overturn it.
"No, Second Master, I'll give it, I'll give it," Old Zhangtou said in a panic.
He hurriedly took out a locked iron box. , there was some change in it, and finally he counted it and finally got enough thirty cents.
“Second Master, this is thirty cents, you count it. "Lao Zhangtou handed the money to the fat man. He had a distressed look on his face. Thirty cents can buy a lot of rice.
"You're wise, let's go." After the fat man took the money, he didn't think so. Because Lao Zhangtou didn't dare to play tricks with him, he left the stall with Ergou, obviously planning to find the next target.
"What the hell is this?" Lao Zhangtou sighed. He sighed. If he didn't have to take care of his family, he wouldn't want to do this business at all.
"Boss, it's time to pay," Li Jin shouted.
"Come on. . "Old Zhangtou hurriedly ran towards Li Jin and the others.
"It's three cents in total. "Lao Zhangtou came to Li Jin and the others and said.
Li Jin took out a fifty cents from his arms and put it on the table.
"It's only three cents. I can't find it." Old Zhangtou looked embarrassed. If he hadn't paid any garbage tax just now, he could still find it, but now he really has no money to find it.
"You don't need to find the money. "Li Jin said, although the money is not much,, but it is very important to Lao Zhangtou, especially since he was maliciously collected money by those two puppet soldiers just now.
He could see clearly that most of the money given by Lao Zhangtou was one or two cents.
"This won't work. I can't ask for your money in vain." Lao Zhangtou decisively refused. Although he wanted the fifty cents very much, he felt guilty in his heart.
"Well, let me ask you something, who was the fat man just now?" Li Jin asked.
"You are from out of town, so don't scream. If he hears it, you will probably go to jail." Old Zhangtou quickly looked around and found that there was no one around. Finally, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Are you so arrogant?" Li Jin frowned. This fat man didn't look like an ordinary bad guy.
"Of course. Before he became a traitor, he was a bully. After he became a traitor and became the captain of the puppet army, he became even more arrogant. Some time ago, someone angered him.
p>He was directly accused of being an Eighth Route Army soldier and was arrested. The man behind him was tortured to death in prison.
His family also spent a lot of money to get the body out, so he said , Those of you from out of town should stay away if you see him." Old Zhangtou said in a low voice, looking around cautiously while speaking.
To be honest, if it were normal, he would not say so much to others, but these people in front of him, for some reason, gave him a good impression.
"Thank you, boss. Just keep the money and treat it as if it's mine. When you come to eat cold skin in the future, you can just keep it in your account." Li Jin said.
He also saw that if he didn't do this, Lao Zhangtou would not ask for his money. Whether there would be a chance in the future would be another matter.
"This" Lao Zhangtou looked at the money and hesitated.
"Take it, let's go." Without waiting for the boss to refuse, Li Jin got up and left with Liu Changshun and the others.
After leaving the cold skin stall, Li Jin took the two of them into a remote alley.
"Old Du, go check that second master again and see if he has really done these bad things." Li Jin said to Du Chen.
"But our current task should be to find out whether there are too few Japanese soldiers in Fuxian County." Du Chen said.
"Isn't he the best person to ask for information? He can also do harm to the people." Li Jin said, wanting to quickly find out if there are many Japs, he should be able to ask from the second master. .
After all, he is the captain of the puppet army in the city. He should have a good relationship with the Japanese and must know something about the situation.
"Yes." Du Chen nodded.
"After you find out, we will meet at the Tongfu Inn at five o'clock in the afternoon." Li Jin pointed to the inn in front and said.
"Okay, wait a minute, I'll check on him, what are you going to do?" Du Chen responded.
"I need to get familiar with the terrain, and check where the puppet soldier lives. After I step on it, I can move around easily tonight." Li Jin explained.
It is Li Jin's habit to find out the situation of a place when he goes there. If he comes here in the future, he will not be unfamiliar with the routes in the city.
"Okay, then be careful, I'm leaving first." Du Chen said and turned around to leave the alley.
Li Jin took Liu Changshun and continued walking deeper into the alley. The two of them memorized the route here from time to time.
As he walked deeper, Li Jin suddenly heard a cry for help coming from a house not far ahead, and he immediately ran over with Liu Changshun.
The wooden door was open, and inside there was a Japanese soldier holding a girl down on the ground, intending to defile her. The girl kept begging for mercy, but the more she begged for mercy, the more excited the Japanese soldier became. He kept tearing off the woman's clothes.
Not far from them, another aunt fell to the ground and fainted.
When Li Jin saw this, he rushed in immediately, followed closely by Liu Changshun, who closed the door smoothly.
Li Jin rushed forward, grabbed the Japanese collar and threw him backwards.
The Japs soldier fell heavily to the ground. Before the Japs could react, Liu Changshun, who had closed the door, immediately squatted down, covered the Japs’ mouth, and twisted hard at the same time, directly cutting off the Japs’ neck. It's broken.
The Japanese soldier stretched out his legs and completely lost his breath.
The girl on the ground was stunned when she saw this scene. She did not expect that anyone would come to save her.
"Are you okay?" Li Jin looked at the girl, but found that she was a little naked. He quickly took off his coat and covered her.
"Thank you." The girl reacted and immediately ran to the unconscious aunt beside her.
"Mom, are you okay?" The girl helped the aunt up and let her rest on her knees. The girl pinched the aunt's forehead with her hand. Soon, the aunt opened her eyes.
"Daughter, run away quickly, I will stop this beast," the aunt said quickly.
"Mom, it's okay, that Japanese is dead." The girl said.
"Dead" The aunt became confused and looked to the side. A Japanese soldier fell to the ground, and there were two young men next to him.
The aunt was so frightened that she quickly protected the girl behind her while watching Li Jin and Liu Changshun warily.
"Mom, they are not bad people, they saved me, otherwise I would..." The girl did not continue.
If Li Jin and Liu Changshun had not come, one can imagine her fate.
"Hurry up and pack your things and leave the county. It will be troublesome for this Japanese to die here after all." Li Jin reminded.
"Yes, daughter, let's leave the county quickly." The aunt stood up, took her daughter and walked into the house, not caring about Li Jin and the others.
Soon, the mother and daughter packed their bags and came out, and the girl also changed her clothes.
"These are your clothes." The girl returned Li Jin's coat to Li Jin.
“Two benefactors, please come with us too., to avoid being hunted down by the Japanese. "The aunt said quickly. Li Jin and Liu Changshun rescued them, so she couldn't ignore them.
"Yes, you should also leave the county with us. "The girl also said quickly.
"No, we still have things to do. You just need to leave first. We will be fine. "Li Jin shook his head. He still had things to do, so naturally he couldn't leave.
"What is more important than life?" The aunt asked confused. Don't these two young men know the consequences of killing the Japanese? Is it serious?
If you are caught by the Japs, you will definitely be killed by the Japs.
“Oh, stop inking, otherwise, you will be killed when the Japs come. Can't even run away. "Li Jin scared them.
"Daughter, let's leave first. These two are not ordinary people. They will be fine. Let's leave the county first. "The aunt said quickly, it's not her fault, it's Li Jin and the others who didn't leave.
Besides, these two people who dare to kill the Japs are obviously not ordinary people. If ordinary people saw the Japs bullying them, He must have run away a long time ago, so he still dares to come up and meddle in other people's business.
"Be careful," the girl said, and followed her mother away from here until she left the county safely and walked out of Erli. The two of them breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's over, I forgot to ask the benefactor's name," the girl said.
"I'll repay you when I have the chance." "The aunt said, if we meet Li Jin and the others again in the future, let's talk about repayment.
After the mother and daughter left, Li Jin looked at the corpse of the Japanese on the ground and fell into deep thought. The corpses can't just be left here.
Once the devils search here, all the people in the alley will probably be killed by the devils. They won't say anything without evidence. Arresting people.
"Brother Jin, what should I do with this body?" Liu Changshun asked.
"It's too noisy to be found out here. . "Li Jin said, if you dig a hole directly, people passing by will think something happened here.
What if one or two talkative people ran to tell the puppet soldiers, and then the puppet soldiers told the Japanese that they Don't leave the county seat.
"Then what should I do? Just put it here. If the Japanese come looking for someone and see this body, the people here will probably die." "Liu Changshun said.
You can't bury it. This body will stink soon after being left here, and something will happen to the people here.
At this time, Li Jin suddenly said There is a wooden board on the ground next to the water tank not far away.
“This is the cellar. "Li Jin walked over, pulled the board apart, and a hole appeared in front of him. This was indeed a cellar.
"What a coincidence, their house also has a cellar. "Liu Changshun was immediately happy, but for most people, there is nothing strange about having a cellar.
"Take off all the Japanese clothes. "Li Jin said.
"What are you doing taking off your Japanese clothes?"Liu Changshun said doubtfully.
"Take it off if you are told, don't ask so many questions. "Li Jin urged.
"Oh" Liu Changshun could only take off all the devil's clothes.
"Tsk, this guy only has this little thing, and he dares to defile the girl. "Liu Changshun glanced at it with great disdain.
He moved the Japanese corpse to the cellar entrance, and then threw the body in.
He covered the cellar entrance with wooden boards, in order to protect the cellar as much as possible. To prevent the smell of corpses from spreading, Li Jin directly spread a thick layer of sand on the wooden board and moved the water tank over it.
After doing this, Li Jin breathed a sigh of relief.
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